Thread: function call

this is my function protoype

void setString(const char *str);

i have to call it from another function
its purpose is to to set a variale called *theName

this is how i did it, but I am having problems

Code:

void Date::setDate(int m, int d, int y, const char *name)
{
	theMonth = (m >= 1 && m <= 12) ? m : MM;
	theYear = (y >= 0 && y <= MAX_YY) ? y : YY;
	theDay = (d >= 1 && d <= 31) ? d : DD;

                setString(*theName);
}

Is this right, i get confused with pointers...

I did it like this

Code:

void Date::setDate(int m, int d, int y, const char *name)
{
	theMonth = (m >= 1 && m <= 12) ? m : MM;
	theYear = (y >= 0 && y <= MAX_YY) ? y : YY;
	theDay = (d >= 1 && d <= 31) ? d : DD;

                setString(name);
}

I think it worked.
this is what the setString function looks like

Code:

void Date::setString(const char *str)
{
	theName = new char[strlen(str) + 1];
	assert(theName != 0);
	strcpy(theName, str);
}